Students’ performance will be reviewed at the end of the academic year. Students who fail 50% or more of their registered modules, and who fail to progress to the next stage of their programme, will be identified under the UCD Continuation – Academic progress policy. Students’ performance will continue to be reviewed in subsequent trimesters and students will be invited to meetings with the College of Science office for support and guidance.

Where the rate of progression and performance over two academic years is deemed unacceptable, a case will be submitted to the Governing Board for review. A recommendation for discontinuation may be the outcome of this review.

As Stages 3 and 4 have the most dynamic components of the programme, and the material studied previously may no longer be relevant, a student who has been away from the programme for a significant period should be required to register again to Stage 3. The upper limit for completion of Stages 3 and 4 should be six years if they choose to do 120 credits with 20 in each year.

Physiology graduates go on to establish careers in the following areas:

• Biomedical research in the university system or other government-run operations


• Pharmaceutical industry-based research and development


• Clinical trials


• Pharmaceutical industry sales

Physiology graduates regularly gain places on graduate-entry Medicine and other allied healthcare degree courses. UCD provides opportunities for graduate physiological research at the Master’s or PhD level. Research into basic physiological mechanisms takes place but the research focus is on translational research, i.e. the research that enhances our understanding of human disease that leads to advances in the improvement of human health.

Students take 5 core modules. Students must register to 50 programme credits in total (cores/option modules). Additional modules may be selected from the BSc programme to complete Stage 2 (60 credits) or alternatively, students can select 10 credits of elective modules.

Module ID	Module Title	Trimester	Credits
Stage 2 Core Modules
BMOL20060	Biomolecular Lab Skills 1	Autumn	5
BMOL20090	Molecular Genetics and Biotech	Autumn	5
BMOL20110	Biomolecular Sciences	Autumn	5
PHYS20040	An introduction to Physiology: Human cells and tissues	Autumn	5
PHYS20030	An Introduction to Physiology: Organs and Systems	Spring	5
Stage 2 Core Modules
Stage 2 Options - B)MIN0OF: CHEM20090 is a CORE MODULE for students who wish to progress with any subject in the BBB stream. Students registered to, or who have taken, both CHEM20080 and CHEM20100, are not required to take CHEM20090. Students who are unable to register to CHEM20090 should contact the Science Office.
CHEM20090	Chemistry for Biology	Autumn	5
Stage 2 Options - B)MIN0OF: CHEM20090 is a CORE MODULE for students who wish to progress with any subject in the BBB stream. Students registered to, or who have taken, both CHEM20080 and CHEM20100, are not required to take CHEM20090. Students who are unable to register to CHEM20090 should contact the Science Office.
Stage 2 Options - C)MIN0OF: If Physics has not been taken in the Leaving Certificate, and if not previously taken in Stage 1, students enrolled to Stage 2 Physiology must take PHYC10070 in Stage 2.
PHYC10070	Foundations of Physics	Autumn	5
Stage 2 Options - C)MIN0OF: If Physics has not been taken in the Leaving Certificate, and if not previously taken in Stage 1, students enrolled to Stage 2 Physiology must take PHYC10070 in Stage 2.